Research Methods for History.
Title:
Research Methods for History.
Author:
Gunn, Simon.
ISBN:
9780748654024
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (257 pages)
Series:
Research Methods for the Arts and Humanities
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures and Tables -- chapter 1 Introduction: Why Bother with Method? -- part 1 The Essentials -- chapter 2 Working With/In the Archives -- chapter 3 Approaching Visual Materials -- chapter 4 Material Culture -- chapter 5 Landscape and Place -- part 2 Researching Individuals and Groups -- chapter 6 Collective Biography -- chapter 7 Life Stories and Historical Analysis -- part 3 Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis -- chapter 8 GIS, Spatial Technologies and Digital Mapping -- chapter 9 Document to Database and Spreadsheet -- part 4 Deciphering Meanings -- chapter 10 Reading Language as a Historical Source -- chapter 11 Analysing Behaviour as Performance -- part 5 Rethinking Categories -- chapter 12 Ethics and Historical Research -- chapter 13 Time, Temporality and History -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
Providing a lively critical survey of methods for historical research at all levels, this textbook covers well-established sources and methods together with those that are less widely known. It reflects current theoretical and technical approaches to historical research in the humanities, including cultural and political history.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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